BIOLOGIST

George Albert Boulenger

1858 - 1937

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George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Albert Boulenger has received more than 139,398 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). George Albert Boulenger is the 658th most popular biologist (down from 517th in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 469th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Albert Boulengers by language

Over the past year George Albert Boulenger has had the most page views in the with 21,425 views, followed by Spanish (1,771), and German (1,756). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (117.52%), Basque (72.27%), and Afrikaans (56.75%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Albert Boulenger ranks 658 out of 1,097. Before him are Tommaso Salvadori, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Michael Sela, Jean René Constant Quoy, John du Pont, and Jacob Bjerknes. After him are Ferdinand Albin Pax, Mary-Claire King, Walter Sutton, David Starr Jordan, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, and Jinzō Matsumura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, George Albert Boulenger ranks 102. Before him are Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Oskar Minkowski, Carl Swartz, Edward M. House, and Stoyan Danev. After him are Ferdinand Albin Pax, Georges Courteline, Albert Samain, Yukio Ozaki, Gerard De Geer, and Henry Scott Tuke. Among people deceased in 1937, George Albert Boulenger ranks 131. Before him are Meliton Balanchivadze, Silvestras Žukauskas, Paul Bekker, Mykola Kulish, Yan Gamarnik, and Felix Graf von Bothmer. After him are Walter Burley Griffin, Prosper Poullet, Mykhaylo Semenko, Bolesław Leśmian, Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, and Alexander Chervyakov.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, George Albert Boulenger ranks 578 out of 1,190. Before him are Henri Pousseur (1929), Victor Willems (1877), Jan Vertonghen (1987), Gérard Leman (1851), Louis Paul Boon (1912), and Gabrielle Petit (1893). After him are Hieronymus Cock (1518), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Petra De Sutter (1963), Joos van Craesbeeck (1605), Greg (1931), and Henri de Brouckère (1801).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Belgium

Among biologists born in Belgium, George Albert Boulenger ranks 6. Before him are Jules Bordet (1870), Albert Claude (1899), Henri Milne-Edwards (1800), Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797), and Edouard Van Beneden (1846). After him are Marie-Anne Libert (1782), Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman (1866), and Peter Piot (1949).

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